Slum Aid Project (SAP)

Slum Aid Project (SAP) is a development, Women, Child care and advocacy Non-Governmental Organization working with communities and other stakeholders to improve the lives of the poor and vulnerable people living in slum areas. SAP is registered under the non-government registration statute 1989 (Registration S 5914/954 number 767) in Uganda. .

The humble beginning of slum aid Project can be traced back in 1991 when the four vigilant female students (Rose Gawaya, Valentine Mulindwa, Adona Asiimwe and Nalukenge) from Makerere University Kampala were inspired to work in the Slum of Wandegya Katanga to address the needs of women, youths and children who were suffering. The project was named Katanga community project.

The Katanga Project as these founders named it ,carried out activities like teaching children aged 6-16 years, campaigned against the deadly HIV/AIDS in the 90s and sensitized on topical issues such as public health, education, gender equality, Human rights, family planning and counseling.

In 1993, Katanga project was registered with the NGO Board as a community based Organization. In 1994 the Ministry of Women in Development (Now Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development) facilitated to carry out legal education on rape, defilement and domestic violence in Kampala Slums. In 1995, it was recommended that the name be changed from Katanga Project to reflect the whole spectrum of slums. It then came to be known as Slum aid Project (SAP) up-to-date.

With the continuing growth and experience of working in slums, SAP now works in various slums Including; Wandegeya, Nakulabye, Katwe, Kisenyi, Kibuli, Wabigalo, and Naguru Go-down. We are also in Mukono , Masese in Busoga ,Kayunga town and Arua District..